objective: to find out the effect of physical activities and obesity among ramadan fasting hypertensive patients of karachi. methods: 117 hypertensive patients were selected conveniently from the staff and faculty members of dow university and other locations of karachi. the inclusion criterion was the hypertensive patients with at least 20 days of fasting. the investigators visited three times...

Relative frequency of neurologic diseases in Karachi, with special reference to inflammatory disorders has been estimated by using the comprehensive data from the Deptt. of Neurology, Dow Medical College, Karachi, The incidence of subacute scierosing pan encephalitis has been estimated to be approx. 10 per million. Figures for multiple sclerosis appear comparable to those from India, Turkey and...

A survey was conducted to determine the number and the species of mosquitoes which transmit diseases in Karachi with special reference to possible vector of Japanese encephalitis virus-Culex tritaeniorhynchus. This species has been found throughout Karachi. Four other species mosquitoes were also identified. With detection of 5 serological probable cases of JE in the larger study, the next ques...

OBJECTIVE To identify the awareness regarding noise pollution and its adverse effects on human health in the people of urban areas of Karachi. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Urban areas of Karachi, from September to October 2012. METHODOLOGY A survey was conducted with 50 selected subjects of urban areas of Karachi with their informed consent. The questio...

1Pulmonary Section, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. 2Memon Diabetic and Diagnostic Centre, Karachi, Pakistan. 3World Health Organization, Pakistan. ABSTRACT In a densely populated urban area of Karachi, Pakistan, a questionnaire survey was made of the knowledge and practices of 120 private general practitioners about the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB). The majority knew th...

BACKGROUND Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is an increasing problem in developing countries. Several environmental factors such as overcrowding, poverty, contaminated drinking water and food are considered to contribute toward transmission of infection; however, little is known about their definitive roles. The aim of this study is to investigate the presence of H. pylor...

OBJECTIVE To assess the level of adherence to Adult Intramuscular Injections Protocol by health care providers of Civil Hospital Karachi. METHODS This analytical cross sectional study was conducted in July and August of 2009, at Civil Hospital Karachi after institutional permission. Data was collected with a pre tested data collection tool. Two hundred and seventeen house officers and nurses ...

Going to beaches is a popular pastime for many people in Karachi. Lifeguards have been deployed on many beaches for the safety and protection of beachgoers. This cross-sectional survey was conducted to study the opinions and experiences of lifeguards posted at eight beaches of Karachi. Ignorance among beachgoers about how dangerous it could be at seaside, was reported by 19 (61.3%) out of 31 li...

Investigations in the airborne mycoflora of Karachi was carried out using Spore Trapper technique along with culture media Petri plate technique. In order to collect different types of airborne fungal spores, five sites were selected for installing the spore trappers. In the course of collected spores, different types of fungal spores were identified. The study revealed that the fungal spores w...

Biobanking is an important tool for biomedical research. However, it raises a variety of ethical issues, which are compounded in the developing world. This paper is based on data from three sources on the ethical issues associated with biobanking, including a mixed method pilot study conducted with students in Karachi, Pakistan, a workshop in Karachi, and another workshop held in Bengaluru, Ind...